Disaster risk reduction national coordinating mechanisms in Switzerland (2008)
This presentation was given at the Workshop on National Platforms at the International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC) in Davos, Switzerland, in August of 2008. This NP presentation includes information regarding: Background information about Switzerland, Context of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Switzerland, Legal framework for DRR, National plan for disaster prevention and response, DRR in sectoral policies, Institutional actors and stakeholders, National preventive disaster risk reduction mechanisms, National crisis management mechanisms, National information system for prevention and response in disaster, DRR institutional relation to climate change, Regional coordination in DRR and south-south cooperation, and more.